I AM ADD | ADHD Information

I have a "learning diorder" Actually I truly wish it really did end at the learning side. Because, as we all know, it affects many other parts of our lives.

I guess this is one of those issues where the phrase "Any way you cut (or say) it still ends up being the same thing.
I propose we come up with a couple dozen slang terms for ADHD and put them to a poll or a few polls to come up with a new name altogether.

A - it ain't about attention only
D - deficit, meaning lacking. One door may be closed but many more are opened.
D - disorder? I think not, it is like saying a certain shade of blonde is a hair disorder.

I'm drawing a blank on the slang term.
I DO like to call non-add people civilians.

For some reason, I hate it when I hear people say, "I am ADD" or "She is ADD" or "that's right, you're ADD." I prefer, "I have ADD." And, to be honest, I don't even like to capitalize the add most of the time.

Is this just my quirk or do other feel this way.

I like the first "D" - that is sooo true.

If someone has a breathing disorder - which would affect every aspect of their lives, we would say, "she has a breathing disorder" not "she is a breathing disorder." The person wouldn't say, "I am a breathing disorder."

I guess that I feel like add affects my whole life but I like to deal with the add and be defined by the other stuff.

It should be called the Gift of Attention Inconsistency.

But it probably wouldn't go over too well if you told people you were GAI.

Sorry, that was my lame joke for the day.

Actually for myself i was just diagnosed w/ADHD and for me it was a blessing for the magority of my life i was called lazy, illresponsible, forgetful, flacky..... just to name a few! and for @ least 15 yrs of my 17yr marriage (still married) i was cosidered DEPRESSED Now that i know im now!!!!!!! i couldnt get anyone to listen to what was really going on with me and i found myself explaining EVERY THING i did and why, SOOOOO when i was formally diagnosed with ADHD i just about did cart wheels! "and for a big fluffy girl like myself would have been a sight to see! LMBO" and a big weight was lifted off of my shoulders! i dont want to call it disorder, disability, or even an EXCUSE! "cause i get that alot right now!" but i dont mind telling people whats going on with me. Its not pride, but atleast I KNOW there is a reason why i do the things i do and why i am the way i am and now i can get to the bottom of things (one bite at a time ) because i know what kind of tools i need, and pass them on to my 7yr old so she doesnt go through the same things i did. so call me ADHD! im a big girl i can MAKE it work!

when i remember to get to it or even where i put my keys! LMBO

[QUOTE=bcgirl1978]It should be called the Gift of Attention Inconsistency.

But it probably wouldn't go over too well if you told people you were GAI.

Sorry, that was my lame joke for the day.
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Now i think that was funny! LOL

On my first day of taking medication I put a big sign on my wall. It says:

"I AM MENTALLY INTERESTING"

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On my first day of taking medication I put a big sign on my wall. It says:

"I AM MENTALLY INTERESTING"

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Very, very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mentally interesting. I like it mucho.
<creepy voice>The OTHERS are not MENTALLY interesting.</creepy voice>

Erk. I never thought of the non-addness of the military, never even associated the military with "civilians." So, it doesn't work for me now, but they are still cool in my book.

[QUOTE=DesertHanyou] [QUOTE=The Resistance!]I propose we come up with a couple dozen slang terms for ADHD and put them to a poll or a few polls to come up with a new name altogether.

A - it ain't about attention only
D - deficit, meaning lacking. One door may be closed but many more are opened.
D - disorder? I think not, it is like saying a certain shade of blonde is a hair disorder.

I'm drawing a blank on the slang term.
I DO like to call non-add people civilians.
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A problem with that is you'd have to consider the military "cool" and the military is SO very un-add, therefore uncool... I should know, I'm an air force officer and Iraq veteran. I know it's just a term. Might I suggest calling them, "The Others" in a creepy voice?
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I think the difference between my thinking and yours is that I was diagnosed a long time ago. I've been living with the knowledge that I have add for many years. So, now it is something that I have and something that I know I'll have to live with forever but not what I want to be defined as.

[QUOTE=The Resistance!]I propose we come up with a couple dozen slang terms for ADHD and put them to a poll or a few polls to come up with a new name altogether.

A - it ain't about attention only
D - deficit, meaning lacking. One door may be closed but many more are opened.
D - disorder? I think not, it is like saying a certain shade of blonde is a hair disorder.

I'm drawing a blank on the slang term.
I DO like to call non-add people civilians.
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A problem with that is you'd have to consider the military "cool" and the military is SO very un-add, therefore uncool... I should know, I'm an air force officer and Iraq veteran. I know it's just a term. Might I suggest calling them, "The Others" in a creepy voice?